ERIC CLAPTON
Frankfurt, Festhalle � May 29, 2013

Lineage: Sony ECM 719 stereo mic>Sony D7 DAT Walkman>CD-R>CDex>FLAC (level 8)>Dime>youhoo!

Scan of unused ticket included in torrent.

CD 1
1. Hello Old Friend
2. My Father�s Eyes
3. Tell The Truth
4. Gotta Get Over
5. Black Cat Bone
6. Got To Get Better In A Little While
7. Come Rain, Come Shine (feat. Paul Carrack)
8. Badge
9. Driftin�
10. Nobody Knows You When You�re Down and Out
11. It Ain�t Easy (feat. Paul Carrack)

CD 2
1. Layla
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Blues Power
4. Love In Vain
5. Crossroads
6. Little Queen of Spades
7. Cocaine
8. Sunshine Of Your Love
9. High Time We Went (feat. Paul Carrack)

The band:
Guitar, Vocals � Eric Clapton
Guitar � Doyle Bramhall II
Pedal Steel Guitar � Greg Leisz
Bass Guitar � Willie Weeks
Keyboards � Chris Stainton
Keyboards � Paul Carrack
Drums � Steve Jordan
Backing Vocals � Sharon White
Backing Vocals � Michelle John

Real nice show with pretty good sound. Patrons were sober (!), behaving and LISTENING, there�s only a bit of (of course highly unnecessary) chatter during �Blues Power�.

I was a bit late as I had been trying to sell off my 2nd ticket outside of the venue no avail. Seems everybody buys their tickets in advance & online, there days. Still, I was able sneak through the dense front crowd in the all standing area, and positioned myself in about the 20th row and pretty much centered.

As far as I could judge (and I always enjoy taking looks around and to the crowds in the back to catch the feel) it was a sell-out affair which would prove it really dosen�t matter any longer how E�s respective new studio album sells or turns out, quality-wise.

I did enjoy the show and Big E seemed inspired and pretty much relaxed. I was glad BADGE was back in as I�m a Badge nut, and Doyle again played some nice licks during the grande finale "Love is my Badge" section. Alas, that song�s inclusion went at the expense of good ol� �Sheriff� which I always enjoy a lot, too. Also, I did like �Gotta Get Over�. It has a nice �first solo album��feel to it and gives our hero some space to stretch out a bit. I�d be happy if he kept this ditty in his set list on future tours.

I transferred digitally from my DAT walky to my Philips standalone CD-R burner with no fumbling/doctoring/adjusting etc. at all. This is the first time I used my new Sony mic. The recording represents pretty well what I remember how the show sounded so I guess it was a good purchase - but please judge yourself.

Uploaded to Dimeadozen in June 2013.
And again: F*ck you Sh*tyoda F*ckords.

EC ahoy!
Th:)mas




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